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C. INTERNATIONAL FISHING INDUSTRY SAFETY ACTIVITIES
Pages 178-187

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... Safety programs implemented by fishing nations have focused on vessel quality, operator licensing, manning standards, and compulsory safety training. These programs vary.
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... agency to promulgate regulations pertaining to fishing vessel design or construction, the method by which international conventions are brought into force by member nations. The Coast Guard nevertheless approached the State Department with a plan to voluntarily support international fishing vessel safety activity.
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... and to support development of fishing vessel safety manuals for the North Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts. Canadian fishing vessel safety regulations and activities are described in the section that follows, and those of other representative fishing nations are summarized in Table C-1.
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... Concern for the well-being of Canadian fishermen also prompted examination of occupational safety and health aboard fishing vessels. The committee considered Canadian studies on occupational safety and health (Gray, 1986, 1987a,b,c)
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... New inspection regulations for large fishing vessels are on hold pending completion of action on small-vessel regulations. Existing fishing vessel regulations require immersion suits on all fishing vessels exceeding 150 gross tons.
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... At least for the Scottish inshore fishing fleet, new designs have favored beamy vessels in order to satisfy length-based legislation, with suspected but as yet unproven adverse changes in seaworthiness (Macleod and MacFarlane, 19891.
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